charles and david koch, the controversial and conservative brothers, energy billionaires, crusaders against bloated, big government, funders of the tea party movement are said to be interested in buying the l.a. times. one reason is that newspapers, so battered by the internet, are fabulously cheap, yet they still have profit margins a lot of businesses would envy. but the koch brothers have a conservative agenda, and that has nickers in a twist in hollywood and elsewhere. "the new york times" published a big story on sunday describing this as part of a ten-year strategy by the kochs to shift the nation to a smaller government with less regulation and taxes. now, that rattles folks like the editor-in-chief of the rap.com, a hollywood web site, who writes, quote: the koch brothers are known for having funneled multiple millions of dollars into right-wing political campaigns. this news should make anyone who cares about journalism nervous. well, i care about journalism, i'm not nervous. the chandler family founded the l.a. times in 1888 as a conservative newspaper, and never mind that no comp